Linux-Hardware Digest #497, Volume #10 Tue, 15 Jun 99 17:13:40 EDT
Contents:
ATI XPERT 128 ("Batman")
Re: Matrox Millenium II and XF86 probs (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Need help: Tekram 390F & Slackware Linux (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Free Serial Port for Palm Pilot (Joe Pfeiffer)
Re: making linux go away (Joe Pfeiffer)
Re: linux newbie needs help adding i740 support for xfree86 (Jeff Potter)
Re: linux newbie needs help adding i740 support for xfree86 (Jeff Potter)
Astra 1200S and Adaptec 2906 (Gilles Auger)
Re: Red Hat on a Dell Dimension (Jerry Normandin)
About the SB LIVE! Value Does driver still work. (Peter)
Adaptec 1505 (Dan Alderman)
mouse problems ("Chad Dale")
Re: SB Live driver does SB Live Value? ("Steve Doney")
Re: swap part. on multi SCSI-HDs - but EIDE? (Marc Mutz)
What is a good tape drive for Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: About the SB LIVE! Value Does driver still work. ("John Bjorgen")
Re: 3Com MegaHertz XJEM3336? (David Fox)
swap partition removed data from MO ("Andrew Ng")
Re: Linux Backup Solution. (Matthias Kilian)
Re: magneto optical drive (Andrei A. Smirnov)
Dumping with Travan 8Gb tapes (Kevin Hendrickson)
backup HOWTO? (Alan Mead)
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From: "Batman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ATI XPERT 128
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 19:59:52 +0200
I've a problem with my video card (ATI XPERT 128)
My video card isn't supported in X-Windows, so i choosed the normal SVGA
Then I tried to test the configuration, but there was just a black screen!
please help me
thx
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Matrox Millenium II and XF86 probs
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 22:17:44 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I can't speak for your monitor but I use a Millenium II and my best
> suggestion is to run XF86Setup and select the Millenium II from the
> video card menu and select one of the generic type monitors from the
> monitors section.
>
> Kevin wrote:
> > Cant get my slackware 3.5 linux to run my Matrox Mullenium II card
> > at 1280 * 1024, at any colour depth, My monitor (a Iiyama Vision
> > Master Pro 17") complains about the speed of something or other
> > then shuts down
It really sounds like he is trying to use a higher refresh rate than the
monitor is able to handle and selecting a simple generic type monitor
would be a safe bet. However, the best would be if he could look up the
horizontal and vertical sync ranges in the manual to make full use of
his monitor.
regards Henrik
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need help: Tekram 390F & Slackware Linux
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 22:28:16 +0200
Michael wrote:
> I tried to use the Slackware v2.0.35 tekram.s driver,
> Anyone got a working driver or know what is needed to install this
> card correctly?
I've got a tekram card working with a Slackware machine, and I think it
is a 390F. I don't remember if I'm using the NCR53c7,8xx driver or the
NCR53C8XX driver. I think that I tried one of them first and when that
failed I tried the other one which worked fine.
I didn't install slackware using this card, I probably used bare.i or
net.i but I hope you will get a hint on what the name of the boot image
could be from this message anyway.
I would guess that the tekram.s is the driver form the DC-390(T) card
which uses an AM53C974A chip.
Hope this helps.
regards Henrik
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From: Joe Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Free Serial Port for Palm Pilot
Date: 15 Jun 1999 11:05:15 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hi, I just purchased a Palm V and am anxious to get it running with
> linux, but I don't know how to get access to a free serial port in
> linux. In windows, I plugged the "serial port adapter" that came with
> the Palm into a free port that looked like a parallel port (sorry, I
> don't know what this port was). I plugged my serial mouse into this port
> and my Palm into the serial port labelled com1. Everything works fine.
> This same config. does not work in linux. How do I get linux to
> recognize another serial port, one that has an adapter on it? Thanks,
Assuming you're using pilot-xfer, you just have to tell it you're on
/dev/ttyS0. You can either do this explicitly on the command line, or
ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/pilot
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From: Joe Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: making linux go away
Date: 15 Jun 1999 11:03:02 -0600
"John Sowden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I read the responses, just flames. The problem is you are asking a valid
> question. I also need to know how to remove Linux from a hard drive, as I
> am installing a new copy (caldera) and it doen't discuss in the newbie part
> about installing over an existing linux os.
Check your news feed -- you aren't getting everything. Variations on
this question seem to be asked roughly every two weeks, and (in
amongst the jokes) somebody always responds with
1) lilo -u
2) fdisk /mbr
3) partition magic
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From: Jeff Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux newbie needs help adding i740 support for xfree86
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 01:38:31 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
*[EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote:
> i went to ftp.redhat.com and downloaded all of the files from the XBF directory. i
>then used GNOMErpm to attempt to install one of the rpm files (i wasnt sure which
>because the readme.i740 file doesn't talk about redhat 6.0 which is what i'm running,
>only 5.x or 4.x), however, it claimed that none of them were seemed to be rpm
>packages. is there a different file somewhere that adds support for the i740 chipset
>under redhat 6.0? i followed the directions in the README.i740 file, but had the same
>problem when trying to install the rpm file. i'm brand new to linux, so if anybody
>could help me out i'd appreciate it.
> --ryan
The file you want is named (alternately) XFCom-i740-glibc-1.1.0-1.i386 located here:
ftp://ftp.precisioninsight.com/pub/pi/XFCom/XFCom-i740-glibc-1.1.0-1.i386.rpm also
get:
ftp://ftp.precisioninsight.com/pub/pi/XFCom/xf86config-glibc-1.1.0.i386.tgz
or (the slightly older) XBF-i740-glibc-1.0.0-1.i386 located here:
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/X11/XBF/XBF-i740-glibc-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm also get:
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/X11/XBF/xf86config-glibc-1.0.0.i386.tgz
Follow the instructions after decompressing the .tgz file. The .rpm file should
install correctly. I am using the XBF version right now. Red Hat 6.0 is glibc, like
5.x. I had marginal success with the "automatic" XF86Config created, and had to
hand-edit some modelines.
Jeff Potter
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From: Jeff Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux newbie needs help adding i740 support for xfree86
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 01:38:56 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
*[EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote:
> i went to ftp.redhat.com and downloaded all of the files from the XBF directory. i
>then used GNOMErpm to attempt to install one of the rpm files (i wasnt sure which
>because the readme.i740 file doesn't talk about redhat 6.0 which is what i'm running,
>only 5.x or 4.x), however, it claimed that none of them were seemed to be rpm
>packages. is there a different file somewhere that adds support for the i740 chipset
>under redhat 6.0? i followed the directions in the README.i740 file, but had the same
>problem when trying to install the rpm file. i'm brand new to linux, so if anybody
>could help me out i'd appreciate it.
> --ryan
The file you want is named (alternately) XFCom-i740-glibc-1.1.0-1.i386 located here:
ftp://ftp.precisioninsight.com/pub/pi/XFCom/XFCom-i740-glibc-1.1.0-1.i386.rpm also
get:
ftp://ftp.precisioninsight.com/pub/pi/XFCom/xf86config-glibc-1.1.0.i386.tgz
or (the slightly older) XBF-i740-glibc-1.0.0-1.i386 located here:
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/X11/XBF/XBF-i740-glibc-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm also get:
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/X11/XBF/xf86config-glibc-1.0.0.i386.tgz
Follow the instructions after decompressing the .tgz file. The .rpm file should
install correctly. I am using the XBF version right now. Red Hat 6.0 is glibc, like
5.x. I had marginal success with the "automatic" XF86Config created, and had to
hand-edit some modelines.
Jeff Potter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gilles Auger)
Subject: Astra 1200S and Adaptec 2906
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 01:51:34 GMT
Hi all,
I am planning to use my Astra 1200S scanner connected to an Adaptec
2906 SCSI card under Linux. Does anybody has some advices for me ?
Is it possible now, or I have to wait for drivers to come later ?
Thanks.
Gilles Auger
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From: Jerry Normandin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat on a Dell Dimension
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 14:08:15 -0400
Hi,
I've got a Dell Dimension XPS 400 running Linux 2.0.36
with now problems. You need the latest sound driver from OSS.
And also the latest and greatest X server.
Andrew de los Reyes wrote:
> sam,
>
> I'm in the same boat as you. Though I haven't bought my dimension, yet,
> and probably won't until august, I have looked into Linux compatability.
> Everything seems compatable except the DVD. I'm not sure about the sound
> cards, but that's another thread in this newsgroup ("seems like a stupid
> question"). I suggest you go to
> http://support.dell.com/support/system.asp?sysid=DIM_PNT_P03_XPS_T___ ; it
> tells the specs of the system i've looked at.
> UNRELATED: there's rumored to be a PIII price drop in june; you might
> want to wait for that.
> Please email me if you find that anything is incompatable. Also, please
> email me when you get the computer to tell me if anything does/n't work.
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew de los Reyes
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam Choi) wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Has anyone tried or heard of people installing Red Hat on a
> > Dell Dimension (desktop model as opposed to the server model).
> >
> > The Dell rep tried to persuade me to the much more expensive
> > server line, warning that Dell would not support Linux on
> > a desktop model. But the server line is over $700 more for
> > the same configuration.
> >
> > I'm planning a 500mhz PIII, 384 Meg RAM, and 22 gig HD.
> >
> > (It's an institutional purchase, so I want to go with a
> > know brand. It's my head of I go with a generic PC and
> > something goes wrong).
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Sam
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From: Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: About the SB LIVE! Value Does driver still work.
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 15:08:38 -0400
Is the driver for the SB LIVE! and the SB LIVE! Value the same?
-peter
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From: Dan Alderman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Adaptec 1505
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 20:00:06 +0000
Hi,
Does anyone know if there is support for this in the kernel? If so then
which adaptec module can I use? If not then is there a patch?
I have RedHat 6.0 so therefore kernel 2.2.5-22.
Many thanks for any help.
Dan.
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From: "Chad Dale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mouse problems
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 00:42:59 GMT
I am really hoping someone can help me out with this one, becuase I am at my
wits end.
I have a Celeron 300A (running @ ~378) w. Abit BH6 MB, and I use a Logitech
Firstmouse+ serial on COM1. This was all working fine, until I removed my
modem. Suddenly, mouse no longer works in Linux. I have a Win98/RH5.2 dual
boot, and the mouse has no problems under Windows.
Does anyone have any idea what may be causing this? I tried everything I
could think of, from changing the com-port settings in the BIOS, to trying
all available mice I can get my hands on, and with all serial mice, I get
the same problem, the mouse cursor slowly moves to the bottom of the screen
and stays there. When I run X with the "correct" com port, it has no
problems (ie. it doesn't give any mouse errors) but the mouse does not work.
PLEASE! Somebody must have an idea for this. I have tried everything I could
think of and the mice I tried are as follows:
Logitech
FirstMouse Serial
FirstMouse PS/2
FirstMouse+ Serial
FirstMouse+ PS/2
Mouseman Serial
Microsoft Mouse PS/2
IBM Mouse PS/2
All of the serial mice just fall to the bottom of the screen, and the PS/2
mice just jump around the screen randomly.
I had a LT firstmouse working, so I know that it must somehow work, and all
of the above mice work fine under Windows, so I assume it's not a hardware
defect or improper BIOS setting.
I need the mouse to work though if I am to use Linux. Please! if someone
knows what is causing this, please email me [EMAIL PROTECTED]
thanks.
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From: "Steve Doney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SB Live driver does SB Live Value?
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 19:43:24 +0100
What hacking did you need I have Suse 6.1 (2.2.7) & Sblive value so would be
interested to know?
Steve
Bill Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Works passably well under SuSE 6.1 (kernel 2.2.7...a little text
> hacking was necessary, but minor). No MIDI, but everything
> else is okay...
>
> - Will
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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 21:11:19 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: swap part. on multi SCSI-HDs - but EIDE?
Heinrich Wolf wrote:
>
> I've read a precise argumentation f�r swap partitions on more than one
> SCSI harddisks. Does this apply to EIDE too?
>
you'll only see improvements, if each disk is connected to another ide
channel (e.g. hda and hdc). You should enable DMA (if you can). This
will improve swapping behavior more significantly than md's does.
Combining the two will obviously yield the best results.
Marc
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: What is a good tape drive for Linux
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 23:20:49 GMT
I am looking for a good backup solution for my new Linux box. I'd
prefer some sort of tape backup. If someone could suggest a good tape
drive for Linux I'd apreciate it.
I've checked the Hardware Compatibility howto, various Linux resources
and still haven't managed to find something. I'd prefer something that
is not SCSI and reasonably priced, < $500.
If anyone can suggest drives to look at or drives to avoid I'd
apreciate it.
Shawn
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From: "John Bjorgen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: About the SB LIVE! Value Does driver still work.
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 15:40:56 -0400
yup...same driver
Peter wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Is the driver for the SB LIVE! and the SB LIVE! Value the same?
>
>-peter
>
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From: d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.laptop
Subject: Re: 3Com MegaHertz XJEM3336?
Date: 13 Jun 1999 23:35:58 -0700
I would say this is not a pcmcia problem, its a problem with the way
interface eth0 was configured. Run netcfg and check the settings there.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sean LeBlanc) writes:
> I'm having some difficulties with setting up my ThinkPad 380D with
> RedHat 6.0.
>
> XWindow won't run, but for now, I just would like the network card to
> work. :) I see NeoMagic references, so I'll cross that bridge later...
>
> Anyway:
> I get a single, high beep, followed by a low beep. I've read the
> PCMCIA HOWTO, and I still don't know what to do...I know this means
> the card type was detected, but could not be enabled for some reason
> or other.
>
> Here's [some of] the tail of /var/log/messages after I insert the
> card:
>
> Jun 13 22:01:15 localhost cardmgr[289]: initializing socket 1
> Jun 13 22:01:15 localhost cardmgr[289]: socket 1: Megahertz
> CC/XJEM3336 Ethernet/Modem
> Jun 13 22:01:15 localhost cardmgr[289]: executing: 'insmod
> /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/pcmcia/smc91c92_cs.o'
> Jun 13 22:01:15 localhost cardmgr[289]: executing: 'insmod
> /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/pcmcia/serial_cs.o'
> Jun 13 22:01:15 localhost kernel: eth0: smc91c94: port 0x300, irq 3,
> 10baseT port, hw_addr 00:00:86:18:A2:5C
> Jun 13 22:01:15 localhost kernel: tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a
> 16550A
> Jun 13 22:01:15 localhost cardmgr[289]: executing: './network start
> eth0'
> Jun 13 22:01:15 localhost cardmgr[289]: + usage: ifup <device name>
> Jun 13 22:01:15 localhost cardmgr[289]: start cmd exited with status 1
> Jun 13 22:01:15 localhost cardmgr[289]: executing: './serial start
> ttyS1'
>
> Any and all info appreciated!
>
> Sean LeBlanc - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Sean LeBlanc - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "My favorite dreams of you still wash ashore /
> Scraping through my head 'till I don't want to sleep anymore" -NiN
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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From: "Andrew Ng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup,de.alt.comm.isdn4linux,fj.
Subject: swap partition removed data from MO
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 04:10:20 +0800
I have a problem: When I was installing Linux, I mistakenly create a 16M
swap partition in an MO disk. Then Windows 98 cound not read the content in
the MO disk. I removed the swap partition but Windows 98 cound not read it.
I am affraid all data in the MO is lost. Who can tell me how to recovered
the data?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Kilian)
Subject: Re: Linux Backup Solution.
Date: 15 Jun 1999 18:41:57 GMT
David C ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> In terms of software, I make all my backups using tar. I insert a tape
> of sufficient length and issue the command:
>
> tar cMpPf /dev/nst0 --checkpoint /
Did you ever try a restore of a multivolume backup made with GNU tar? It seems
to be difficult synchronizing at EOT when you're restoring from
DDS2 with hardware compression enabled. This also applies to other software
that is able to do multivolume backups.
Another problem is that GNU tar is buggy wrt handling of sparse files (option
'S').
Kili
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrei A. Smirnov)
Subject: Re: magneto optical drive
Date: 15 Jun 1999 00:20:21 GMT
On Fri, 11 Jun 1999 19:58:52 +0200, Marc Mutz
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Andrei A. Smirnov wrote:
>>
>> OK. and what about WORM MO disks?
>Never heard such a thing existed and I don't believe it does.
>(If you mean WORM = write once, read multiple times and MO =
>magneto-optical)
Yes, I mean WORM = Write Once Read Many. I have Plasmon RF1070 media and
Panasonic LF1070 drive. I know that many commercial Unix OSes work with
WORM fine. And what about Linux?
--
andrei.
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From: Kevin Hendrickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dumping with Travan 8Gb tapes
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 16:02:59 -0400
OK, I want to use dump and rdump to back up to a Conner CTT8000-S tape
drive with a Travan 8Gb tape (capacity 8Gb compressed, 4Gb
uncompressed). Where do I find the correct values for blocksize, density
and feet for this type of tape to send to the dump command? I'm assuming
blocksize is 512bytes(?) but can't figure out what to set for the other
values. Is there a repository or FAQ some where where I can find this
info? Thanks in advance.
Kevin Hendrickson
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Mead)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: backup HOWTO?
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 21:01:54 GMT
Sorry to crosspost again. THANKS! to everyone who helped me with my
dumb tar problem. I've looked in the SAG, Frisch's book, and a book
by Parker and they are all good for the basic and a few details but
they all leave out vitally important details like, "remember, tar
stips the leading slash so cd to your target's root (/ or wherever)
before untarring."
Am I just RT'ing wrong FM? It seems to me that backups are an
important topic with a fair degree of complexity and judging from the
other posts I read, many people have questions about this sort of
thing.
TIA! Also thanks again to previous responders.
-Alan
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